§ Mr. SpringTo ask the Lord President of the Council, pursuant to his oral answer to the hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne, East (Mr. Brown) of 19 May,Official Report, column 959, if he will publish the full text of the letter on the drafting of amendments from the head of the civil service to the hon. Member for Oldham, West (Mr. Meacher) to which he referred.
§ Mr. NewtonI have arranged for copies of the correspondence to be placed in the Library.
§ Mr. Campbell-SavoursTo ask the Lord President of the Council on which private Members' Bills, introduced into either House of Parliament since April 1992, Parliamentary Counsel has been involved in drafting amendments which have subsequently been tabled in the names of Members of either House, other than Ministers.
§ Mr. NewtonParliamentary Counsel drafts amendments on the instructions of Departments acting on the authority of Ministers. How many of these were subsequently tabled by Members of either House is not centrally recorded.